Gate-hinge.



No. 833,818. PATENTED 001:. 23, 1906.

A. .A, ADAMS.

GATE HINGE.

'- APPLICATION rum) MAY 28,1906.

4-, nlfli 2 I liter/wa s- "BATENTED OCT. 23, 1906.

A. A. ADAMS. GATE HINGE. APPLICATIOK FILED MAY 28 1906- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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ALLEN A. ADAMS, or BERRYTON, KANSAS.

"GATE-HINGE.

ToaZZ rchom it-mwy concern: Be it known that I, ALLEN A. ADAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berryton, in the county of Shawnee and State of ansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gate-Hinges; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in A gate-hinges.

'The'object of the invention is to provide a gate-hinge having means whereby the same ally openor close.

is operated to cause the'gate to automatic- A further object .is to provide a hinge of this character which will be simple, strong, and durable in construction, efficient in 0 eration, and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

, vertical longitudinal p arts when the gate is open.

With the aboveand other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel fea-.

tures of construction, combination, .and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and-claime w In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view ofa .portion of agate andhingepost, showing the application of the hinge, thegate beingin closed position. Fig. 2 is a the hinge with the gate in closed position. Fig. 3 is a front view ofthe hinge. Fig. 4 is a removed and partsbroken-away. Fig. -5 is aside view.

of the hinge with the outer sleeve removed.

Fig. 6:is .a horizontal sectional view-on the Fig. 7 is a top plan vjiewof:

line 6 6 of Fig. 1. the gate and hinge-post, showing in full lines the position of the parts when the gate is closed and in dotted lines the position of the Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes a denotes the hinge-post. To the hingeepost 2 is to be secured the socket member 3 of the hinge, s'aid socket'member being provided with a shank adapted to be driven into the post, as shown. On theouter end of the shank 4 is formed a cylindrical bearing-head 5, on which is formed an upwardly-projecting'cylindrical socket 6, the hole or bore of which is continued on through the head 5, as shown.

In the front side of the socket 6 is formed a slot oropening 7, in the lower wall of which Specification'of Letters Patent. I Application filedMay 28, 1906- Serial No.3l9y187- is arranged a series sectional view through portion of the gate, and 2 Patented Oct. 23,1906.

' is formed a -zcentrally-disposed substantially V-shaped recess 8, from the upper cornersof whlch the lower wall of the slot 7 inclines downwardly in opposite directions to form cam-guide tracks 9. The upper wall of the slot 7 over the center vided with a downwardly-projecting ,point 10, the purpose .of which will be hereinafter described. In the inner wall of the bore of the socket '6, near the lowerlend thereof, is

formed an annular ball -ra'ce 11., in which of :antifriction -F.bearing balls 12.

'Slidably and revolubly mounted .in the ball-bearing 120i the socket 6 :is a pintle 13 of thegate member 14of-the hinge. connected to the pintle 13 is ,a laterally-projecting stud 15 on which is revolu'blymountedan operating-roller 16,-said Sfi'lldvflIlCl roller being .ada ted to project through the slot 7 of the soc the lower wall thereof when .the gate is in .a closed position.

Revolu-bly mounted on the socket 6 is an operating-sleeve 1 7, the lower end :of which-is of the recess .8 is pro- Rigidly et 6 and toengage the recess 81in adapted toengage and .to turnona seriesof bearing-balls '18, arranged inanannular ballrace 19, formed in the upperside of the head 5 adjacent to the outer wall of the socket 6, as :shown. In one side of the operatingsleeve 17 is formed a slot .20, in the .lower wall of which is formed a segmentalrecess 21, in which the endof the bearing-roller 16 on the stud 15 is-adapted to rest when the gate is in a closed position. Connected .to or formed integral with the sleeve 17 on vtheside of :the same Opposite the slot 20 isan operating-arm orlever .22, said lever beingadapted .to ;.pro ject .in a horizontal plane over they .topof the hinge-post, as shown. The outerend of the lever is turned downwardly :and :is provided with aneye 23, which is adapted to be connected with :an operating cord or cable .24, which extends in opposite directions from each side of the lever, as shown. Secured to one side of the post 2 is an upwardly-projecting curved guide arm or bar 25, by means of which the operating-cords are held in proper position. a

When it is desired to open the gate, one end or the other of the cord or cable 24 is pulled, which willcause the lever 22 to turn the o erating-sleeve 17 in one direction or the other, thereby engaging the walls of the recess 21 in the slot 20 with the roller 16 on-the stud 15,

stud and roller and the thereby raising said pintle to which the same are attached upwardly, together with the gate, and turning the same until said roller engages one end or the other of the slot 20, after which a further turn of the pintle will bring said stud and roller over the upper corners of the recess 8 in the slot 7 of the socket 6 and into engagement with the inclined tracks 9 on one side or the other of the recess 8, thus allowing the weight of the gate on the pintle to cause the roller and stud to travel down the incline camtrack, and thereby swinging the gate to an open position, as will be understood. The weight of the gate is supplemented by the operating-cords and lever, if necessary. After the gate has been thus turned to an open po sition the same may be closed in a similar manner by a pull'on the opposite end of the operating-cord, which will cause the movable parts to be turned in the opposite direction. When the gate has been swung to an open position in either direction, the operating cords will be held in proper position by the "curved bar or arm 25, so that a leverage power will be maintained for operating the lever 22, as clearly shown in the last figure of the drawings.

From the fore oing description, taken in connection with t e accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hinge comprising a socket, a pintle adapted to work therein, cam-guide tracks in said socket, a gate-opening roller journaled on said pintle to engage said guide-track, and an operating-sleeve adapted when turned. to bring said roller into engagement with the cam-guide tracks in said socket, substantially as described.

2. A hinge comprising a cylindrical socket member adapted to be secured to the hingepost, oppositely inclined guide tracks arranged in said socket member, a pintle secured to the gate and adapted to work in said socket, an operating-roller journaled on said pintle to engage said inclined guide-tracks, an operating-sleeve arranged on said socket member, said sleeve having means to engage said roller whereby when the sleeve is turned, said roller and pintle together with the gate will be raised and the roller engaged with the inclined tracks in said socket, and means to turn said sleeve in one direction or the other, substantially as described.

3. A hinge comprising a cylindrical socket member adapted to be secured to the hinge post, oppositely-inclined guide-tracks arranged in said socket member, a pintle secured to the gate and adapted to work in said socket, an operating-roller journaled on said. pintle to engage said inclined guide-tracks, an operating-sleeve arranged on said socket member, said sleeve having means to engage said roller whereby when the sleeve is turned, said roller and pintle together with the gate will be raised and turned and the roller engaged with the inclined tracks in said socket, a lever arranged on said sleeve, operating cords connected to said lever, and means to guide said cord, substantially as described.

4. A hinge comprising a cylindrical socket member adapted to be secured to the hingepost, an antifrictional bearing arranged in said socket, a gate-pintle slid ably and revolnbly mounted in said bearing, a locking-recess and oppositely-inclined guide-tracks formed in said socket, a laterally-projecting perating-roller mounted on said pintle and projecting into said locking-recess, an anti'lrietional bearing on said socket member, a revoluble operating-sleeve mounted on said bearing, said sleeve having a cam-slot to receive said operating-roller, an operating-lever on said sleeve, cords connected to said lever and a guide to support said cords in operative posion, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALLEN A. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

O. K. SwAYzE, L. K. LEWIS. 

